Welcome

Welcome to the website of Jonathan Burton.

I am a freelance provider of English subtitles and surtitles for operas and other musical works, both on TV and DVD and ‘live’ in the theatre or concert hall. I can also provide translations of Lieder and other song or aria texts; concert programme notes; articles and lectures on operatic and other musical topics.

I also play bassoon and contrabassoon, and am a composer and arranger.

To enter my website, please go to one of the Recent Posts or follow the other links on the right…

Gosh, that’s a blast from the past! I did indeed. How did you come across it?
That wasn’t my title — I called it ‘Fantasia — Farewell to Southern’ as it was part of the soundtrack for the last programme before they went off the air, as you no doubt know. I based it on the Southern ‘ident’ music (those couple of bars of guitar) plus a few other things (‘That’s Entertainment’, ‘Auld Lang Syne’…).
I don’t suppose you have a recording? Or a video of the programme??
Best wishes and thanks for being in touch — Jonathan

I hope this is the right way to contact you. Clive Timms recommended that I get in touch with you, regarding sourcing surtitles for La Traviata. If you are able to help with this quest, I would be very grateful to hear from you, at your earliest convenience.